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Disability Discomfort in Development : Unveiling Ableism and Disablism within Swedish Development Cooperation

Persons with disabilities have long been overlooked and forgotten in the context of international development cooperation with less than five percent of official development aid targeting disability-related issues. Too often development agencies and organizations claim to have limited expertise related to disability, lack funds to support disability issues and pivot the responsibility of upholding

Brandteknisk riskvärdering av Confidencen vid Ulriksdals slott

Syftet med denna rapport är att utvärdera brandsäkerheten på Confidencen som är belägen vid Ulriksdals slottspark i Stockholm. Rapporten är avgränsad till att undersöka personsäkerheten och målet är att ta fram troliga brandscenarier och utvärdera hur väl brandskyddet kan motstå dessa. Om inte en säker utrymning kan genomföras presenteras eventuella förbättringar i brandskyddet. Efter en grovrisThe following report is a fire safety evaluation regarding Confidencen at Ulriksdals slott. This report was delimited to investigate if a safe evacuation could be achieved for the visitors. The purpose was to define relevant fire scenarios and evaluate the fire protection in the building. Three different fire scenarios were chosen from a gross hazard analysis to be further investigated. The foll

Analyzing the Business Model and Technology Ecosystem of Ant Group: Alipay A Case Study

This thesis investigates the business model and technology ecosystem of Ant Group, focusing on their flagship product, Alipay. It examines how Ant Group has leveraged its business model and technology ecosystem to achieve success in the financial services industry. The research encompasses a literature review on technology ecosystems, paths of influence in technological evolution, and Ant Group

Contextual factors shaping the design of last-mile delivery business models - a case for Swedish logistic service providers

Purpose: This thesis aims to strengthen the understanding of contextual business model design within the last-mile delivery industry and create a foundation for transferable knowledge from which Swedish logistic service providers can draw knowledge connected to last-mile delivery business models from. Theoretical framework: The theoretical framework is a decision-making process model, illustratin

A legislative analysis of the legal framework governing restrictive business practices: A comparative study of the European Union and The Gambia

Competition policy is important for the promotion of fair competition, preventing abuse of market power and protecting consumer and business interests. It is thus an area that builds and moulds itself according to the fabric or structure of society and eventually evolves by habitually adjusting to the dynamics of government economies. Despite the different economic dynamics between the European Un

Conversations on Change: A Case Study of a Swiss Private Bank on Employees’ Sensemaking and Engagement in Light of its Rebranding

The rebranding of an organization can be a beneficial strategy to reposition itself in the market to maintain its relevance. At the same time however, it can have disrupting effects on its members' daily work life, creating a novel situation in which perplexity and even resistance may arise, and which they need to make sense of. The aim of this qualitative study is to provide insights into sen

“Vapnet är en form av identitet för dem. Man vill bli förknippad med det här våldsamma, machomodellen”

I denna text presenteras en kvalitativ intervjustudie baserad på utsagor från tio informanter med utgångspunkt i hur kriminella nätverk har förändrats. Forskning har visat att Sverige är unikt vad gäller ökningen av skjutvapenvåld. Den grupp som står för majoriteten av våldet är unga män. Den organiserade brottsligheten har genomgått en förändring från MC-gängens tydliga organisationsstruktur och

Problems caused by unilateral measures while taxing the digital economy: Does the value creation approach suggested by OECD solve the problem?

This thesis examines the challenges arising from unilateral measures taken by both developing and developed countries to protect their taxing rights in the digital economy, leading to issues of double taxation. It focuses on India's equalisation levy and the UK's diverted profits tax (DPT) as examples of unilateral measures. The thesis evaluates whether the value creation approach recommen

Between Discursive Power, Visibility and Resistance: A Critical Study of Employee Ambassadorship on Social Media

Social media offers employees new opportunities to contribute as communicators and ambassadors to the strategic communication of organizations. However, this study problematizes the prevailing normative and managerial-dominated understanding of self-initiated employee ambassadorship on social media, which neglects power structures in which employees’ communication on social media is embedded. Thus

Brandteknisk riskvärdering av Terminal 4, Arlanda

Arlanda flygplats är en av Nordens största flygplatser, vilket gör att personbrandskyddet är väldigt viktigt. Ett platsbesök genomfördes på Terminal 4 på Arlanda vid projektets början i syfte att göra en brandteknisk riskvärdering av byggnaden. Under platsbesöket samlades information in om potentiella riskkällor och möjligheterna att utrymma undersöktes. Detta resulterade i flera potentiella brandArlanda is one of northern Europe’s largest airports servicing 18,4 million travelers in 2022. Ensuring the safety of everyone moving through or working within the building requires a large-scale safety and security infrastructure. This report narrows its focus to one of the older parts of Arlanda, terminal 4. The aim of this project is to evaluate the fire protection focusing on the safety of the

When Stochastic Parrots Learn to Swim: The Regulation of General Purpose Artificial Intelligence in the EU

General Purpose AI systems like ChatGPT pose unique dangers to society owing to the rapid evolution in their capabilities, and their ability to be utilized for a large variety of purposes, including those unintended by the developers of these AI systems. This thesis examines those dangers, and critically analyses the EU’s draft AI Act and its amendments with a view to ascertain if the draft law ad

Defossilise Väster – Testing a fossil free urbanity for the debate

Humanity is facing one of the greatest challenges ever. Climate change and global warming is a great risk and our consumption and dependency of fossil fuel are important causes of this accelerating issue. My thesis aims to design an entry for the professional debate about what urban areas in a fossil free future might be like. I’m investigating how an urban environment that requires as little tra

Achieving Sustainability through Bilateral Trade Agreements: A Comparative Legal Study on Sustainable Development Provisions in the EU’s Bilateral Trade Agreements

Following the current global wave of sustainable development, the EU has been playing a leading role in reshaping the global trade landscape with its ambitious sustainable trade toolboxes. Particularly, the evolvement of sustainable development provisions in EU’s Bilateral Trade Agreements (BTA) have sparked growing discussions and debates in the legal arena. This study aims to analyse the role of

Ett rasifierat samhälle - En kvalitativ studie om individer med utländsk bakgrund och deras upplevelser av rasifiering

There is a widely regarded issue in Sweden, where its residents are categorized based on both their racial- and foreign affiliation, which may contribute to an individual's social exclusion from society. The categorization is based on a social construction with two opposite poles, “Swedes” and “non-swedes”, which causes concern for individuals with a foreign background as they become victims o

Segmenting Countries in the Food Packaging Market: A Cluster Analysis Approach

The food packaging market has been witnessing substantial growth due to changing consumer lifestyles, urbanization, increased purchasing power, and growing environmental sustainability awareness. This growth presents significant opportunities for companies operating in this market. To effectively capitalize on these opportunities, it is crucial to develop marketing strategies and forecasting analy

Unfair Terms in EU Consumer Contract Law - The Criteria of Good Faith and Significant Imbalance in The Context of Agreements Between Consumers and Providers of Financial Services

This thesis describes and analyze the implementation of Council Directive No. 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 of unfair contract term between consumer and financial services providers. The Directives regulated standard form contract or pre-formulated term between consumer and seller or supplier. The thesis discusses the background of the Directive, the scope of the Directive, the consequences of unfair

Opportunities and limitations of the past : a study of historical films

The film medium has a very large potential to convey thoughts about history to the public. Previous studies of historical film have focused on analyzing the films. The purpose of this master’s thesis is instead to find patterns in the effect the historical elements have on the films' narrative, as well as how they value history. To achieve this, two sub-questions have been formulated. • Do th

From freedom to liberty? Α case study on Greek Roma women’s citizenship

This thesis explores the concept of citizenship from the side of Roma women. Taking into consideration the peculiarity of the Greek case, in which Roma prefix their Greek identity, this case study is focused on the feeling of belonging in the Greek community that Roma women bear. Their citizenship is researched, building on the theory of anti-essentialism and is based on Dalton’s (2002) percep